New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-13
TRIFLING WITH TURKEY.
ropn sA1IsBuRrs INExPLICABLE POLICY
TOWARD THE CONVENTIONS

Su.x.vpY AIN AND LORD n. CHURCHILL
~ ,osr AIlIANcE-MR GLADsrox1s
"AMKRICAS TESTIMONIAL
Mr.. WAYNE MAC vKAeH.
,nY CABLE no THE TRIBuSEi
n,..rtoAf, 1887, North american caob Rses o.
rnvnoS Jnlv -Sparring In tho House OF
lords between Lord Salisbury and Lord hoSepery
m the signature of the Anglo Turkish Convention
snded with an unreported promise by the frlme
Minister n ask Sir Drummond Wolh by telegraph
,vhether he was in q state of animated expectancy
guch is the degree Of seriousness WIN WHICH
lord Salisbury handles question he processes "
regard as important Sir Drummond Woin haneS
ON at Constantinople and Europe enjoys 1ie
snectacle Of England dancing attendance on .no
unspeakable and unspealing Turk. Loro 0Sh0-
hr,v,s friends cannot make out why ne suner'
this comedy to be prolonged. Opinion here Is even
stronger than telegraphed the other oay' ~
Salisbury. say his friends, ought 10 nave JUMP
at the chance of breaking OF the negou"o'ons,
Everybody whose solicitude Tor Slr DfuiAinonN
VOLTS welfare is not greater than for more genera
,sO~,;.h ;r,orests hopes to see the Convention
strangled.
Coventry following hard on Spalding ana fao'
diupton turns the Gladstonian reJolcings ih'" oN
ultation. Three constituencies In dlnereh' p".~
of the country and differing widely In cnar"''e,
show heavy Liberal gains. Two Oh tneni i'pi".
Tories by Liberals and the tniru' i"N
dngton, reduces the Tory majority moro
,h.n onebalf. Such results are not easily ex-
planned away Tories look blue over 'nein "nN
Tory ;ournels admit that the situation Is less
10 ,.rot,s than they believed. They profess that
.hcv did ro, expect to carry Coventry always
a bor,uvh CT uncertain temper They have as
covered that v,tcrs cannot be permanently lnIcr-
ested in a necatI- policy, and they now declare
iii # IT is not enough merely to oppose Home huio'
There are neglected interests which clamor ior
Iegisletion. II they get no relief they turh oh
the Government candidates and reno them' nn
effort therefore is to be made to get certain uiih
thrmgb this session which the Ministers bao
mearS ts abandon. But they still have the lrish
70 reckon with The Liberal view Is Droaoer'
They think Liberal Unionism has spent los lorce
and the Liberals are coming bacK NO Viiiiu
party in England, they say, lives long NO CO
alition has hold on the people. 1he tendehcy
to divide into two parties and only two is among
the English irresistible.
The coming fortnight is expected to apply
rude test to the Tory UniQnst alliance Loro
salisburys effort to square Lord Harrington on
the Land bill is supposed not quite 10 nave
succeeded Neither Lord Harrington nor ME-
Chamberlain is satisfied with the bill In the sh"pe
in which it left the House OF Lords, ana ameho-
ments are certain to be proposed LDeral wiz
is being taxed to contrive an amendment "nion
shall divide the Unionists and Tories. The whole
f:Iadtonian parnellite force will support any pro-
nosal on which there is chance OF putting uhe
Government into a minority. Last nights depate
perbaps opens the way. Mr.. Chamberlain's speech
;s the speech of a man who dislikes Landlords
almost as much as he likes Tories. lie sup
ports the bill heartily but not IN all detaiis'
Moreover. Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Randolph
Churchill are now more intimate than ever ana
both are believed to be aiming at the uitmate
formation Of a new party, oil wmch uey sn"li
ha the chiefs Neither adores Mr.. Goschen' ana
between them they may yet find means Oh ois
placing him, whether by the help OF the Lana
bin or otherwise Such is the talk, not OF the
lobby merely, but in circles where inside views
prevail
The Jubilee review ct Aldershot like all other
Jubilee functions was completed without MIS-
chance or mistake. Englands little army never
before made so good a show and Lord Wolseleys
critics are puzzled to find fault.
I'VE do not much relish says The Daily
News" mir. Gladstone's depreciatory remarks
about his own country, and we wish at least no
would make them to his own countrymen. lhis
cry of anguish is wrung from the most devoted
of Gladstonian organs by the speech 10 Nr'
pulitzer's dcputation who presented the so-called
American Testimonial to Mr.. Gladstone. 1t is
lucky he did not make the speech before coventry
had voted, said another of the Faithful 1he
truth is his acceptance of the gift offered In clr-
cumstances SO suspicious and the terms In whlch
no accepted it have distressed Mr.. Gladtones best
friends. The whole story of this gift enterprise
has been told and rctod in the English papers,
81, fbo hccr init failed
money was scraped together by admission fees
to n tea garden picnic with dancing and
fireworks The character and presumed objects
of those who presented the thing have all been
freely discussed not too favorably. those Amerl-
cans who most respect Mr.. Gladstone most regret
that he should have been msled into accepting
this equivocal compliment. One paper allltera-
lively describes the deputation as composed OF
Mr. Pulitzer, pushing advertisers and Perry Bel
mont Mr. Gladstonc's repeated references TO
American aid to Ireland as aims bestowed on
England are thought to be simply amazing. lhe
word occurs twenty times in speech OF twenty
minutes These are the views Of his friends
Those not his friends delighted by the mis-
take he has made and denounce him in terms
which provoke a reaction in his favor.
Mr.. Wayne Macveagh's speech at the Savage
Club dinner wos, l hear. much admired 1he
Savages had an extremely good company at their
banquet and many good speakers, but ME-
Macveagh was the hero of the evening. His short
address was full of point, good humor and ease,
and was thought to be a model of after dinner
oratory. Mr.. MacVeagh was yesterday Sir h. j.
Reeds guest, on the Thames, coming down from
Henley in a steam launch. He remains in London
another fortnight.
Nine PATHS second refusal to sing for Colonel
Maplcson is the topic Of rather agitated discus
sion, but seems to resolve itself as usual into q
question of money. Mr. Abbey says he would not
allow Nine. Patti to sing because Colonel Mapleson
ad not fulfilled his engagements. Colonel Mapleson
says Nine. PATHS payment Of $4,000 was guaran-
teed. The London public, twice Disappointed,